It's Monday! What Are You Reading? (June 05): 06/05/17

Armchair Book Expo and boxing books took up most of last week's free time, so I didn't accomplish anything on my redesign.About half maybe, two thirds of our home library is now in storage.

Wednesday the elementary school hosted the annual Volunteers'' tea to celebrate all the family members who have donated time to the school. I was invited for being on the School Site Council.

On Saturday our realtor came to do an initial walkthrough of the house. The last time we had worked with her was the summer of 2004. My oldest was a toddler and now he's in high school. Our plan for attack is to move into a nearby apartment which we are in the process of leasing over the summer. Then we'll get our home fixed up, cleaned, and staged before going on the market. Then we get to look for our new home! Hopefully if all goes well, we'll be in our new house by Christmas.

We're in the last few days before the drama club presents their production of "The Entire American Revolution in 40 minutes or Less." Today the kids worked on painting their backdrops. My daughter came home covered in paint. I would be upset except I was part of drama too and once ended turning my blue jeans into purple jeans during a painting accident.

What I read last week:

The Book Stops Here by Kate CarlislePersonal collectionThe eighth of the Bibliophile Mystery series

Dragon's Green by Scarlett ThomasPersonal collectionFirst of the Worldquake Sequence. Drop whatever you're reading and get yourself a copy of the British edition. Read it now!

Miss Hazeltine's Home for Shy and Fearful Cats
by Alicia Potter and Birgitta Sif Library bookCute story inspired by fostering cats and kittens.

Chopping Spree by Diane Mott Davidson and Barbara RosenblatPersona collection, audiobookA re-read, but this time as an audio. Last time I read through the series as audiobooks, this book hadn't yet been read by Rosenblat. So I read it in print.

What I'm reading:

Lucky Boy by Shanti Sekaran

The Long Cosmos by Terry Pratchett and Stephen BaxterPersonal collectionn

Us Conductors by Sean MichaelsPersonal collection

Up Next:

Murder is Binding by Lorna BarrettPersonal collection - audibookThe first of the Booktown Mystery series

Good luck with the packing and moving into a smaller place for the summer. I always have a love-hate feeling about moving.

Comment #14: Monday, June 05, 2017 at 15:30:00

Pussreboots

As our realtor put it, we've out grown our current place. It would be nice to have an extra room or two — and more places for each of us ot be when we don't want to be together. It would also be nice to have a yard.

What a stressful but exhilarating time it can be to look for a new home! Hope it goes well and you find the perfect place. And sounds like you had fun with Armchair Book Expo!

Comment #22: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 at 21:23:00

Pussreboots

We've come up with a workable plan. Our realtor knows her stuff and now that we have housing until the end of January, we can take our time finding a new place and getting it fixed up the way we want it.

The tea looked delicious and your daughter certainly seems to have had fun! Happy reading!

Comment #32: Tuesday, June 06, 2017 at 21:36:00

Pussreboots

The tea was delicious. My daughter's having fun with all her extracurricular activities. Tonight was her Girl Scout bridging party, and spring concert (chorus and violin). Thursday and Friday is her play. Then we're done!

Your daughter looks so happy! It's great that she's enjoying drama and the preparations so much. It's great that you've been there before!!!

I need to read that second Sarah Scribbles book. I loved the first one!

Thanks for visiting my Sunday Post earlier this week. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back around!

Comment #40: Friday, June 09, 2017 at 08:28:00

Pussreboots

Her second play performance was last night (the first being done just for the school), and her third and last performance is tonight. We watched as a family last night and it was fun. Tonight it will just be me because of scheduling conflicts.